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You can walk around a crowded place knowing that you are alone. No one sees you and to you that is a good thing. Being invisible makes you comfotable. Social anxiey seems to suck you into a quiet place. No one can see you and no one seems to care about you. It doesnt bother you though, you like it t...

I am not alone. I have my demons to keep me company. Mistakes that I made in the past seem to follow me like shadows. I may feel alone at times but I am not. While I sit and type I may feel alone, but the hunger pangs remind me of how untrue this feeling is. The scars on my arms prove that I have ...

The rain falling reminds me of myself. Uncontrollable. It falls fast without reason. Every raindrop lands on the pavement just to get stepped on by the people passing by. The pavement soaks it in like it cant get enough of the frigid feeling each drop brings. I am cold ,but do people soak me in? Ra...

Trees. Similar to us in so many ways. I am a fan of trees but I think it is because of how I see them. Yes, trees are beautiful but trees have so much to offer other than their beauty. Trees grow just like people grow. They also change season to season like people change friends and styles as they g...

Have you given up? Look around at what you have done and how far you have gotten. Think about where you have started and why you started doing what you do. You used to dread waking up and now you look foward to what the day brings all because of the people who are around you and how you can help the...

Should we think before we act or should we act on what we think? Is it wrong to fail when we fail at trying to do something we think is right? We were always taught to fight for what we believe in. This does not mean we should follow what others are doing to fight for it. We shouldnt fight to lose p...

Why do we wish for things we cannot have? Is it because of how we were raised or does it just come naturally? Everyone wants something in life but what they don't understand is what they are missing out on that is around them. What they really do have. It could be anything but they are too busy...

Is this how it is going to end? How we are going to finish what we started? Do we care what other people think? Is that why we gave up caring? People seem to be soo judgemental. They don't seem to care about how other people feel anymore. The dress up to look like barbie dolls when really they ...

Frozen. Like nothing can change you,nothing can make you budge. Frozen in time not caring about anything or anyoen. Not letting your emotions control you. Ignoring everyone around you like nothin exist. Letting the bad hit you but not effect you while letting the good soak in your skin. Nothing caus...

Do we let our shadows follow us or do we notice that they are there? Do we move forward from the past or let our shadows defy us for the rest of our lives? Will we ever understand our shadows and why we have them? Shadows are a dominating presence or influence that hang over us like a list of every ...